MIDDLE EAST: Another Battle of Beirut

FOR the second time in less than a
month, the pleasure capital of the Middle East was racked last week by
deadly gun battles. The fighting in Beirut this time was more
widespread, more prolonged and bloodier. The combatants also were
different. Three weeks ago, it was Jews against Arabs, as Israeli
commandos slipped ashore from gunboats, assassinated three Palestinian
leaders and killed at least 14 other people in a carefully coordinated
attack on fedayeen installations. Last week it was Arab against Arab,
as the Lebanese army fought Palestinian guerrillas on scattered...